Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

In a secret cipher system:
“bright glow of dawn” is represented by “vx bk lm tr”
“glow color bright dusk” is represented by “tr vx qz ny”
“dusk of color shade” is represented by “bk fx qz ny”
“dawn glow of shade” is represented by “lm tr bk fx”

Which among the following words is coded as “tr”?

Correct Answer: Glow

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the word coded as “tr”, we can compare the given statements to find common words and their corresponding cipher codes.

Let us write down the given coded statements:
1. “bright glow of dawn” ⇒ “vx bk lm tr”
2. “glow color bright dusk” ⇒ “tr vx qz ny”
3. “dusk of color shade” ⇒ “bk fx qz ny”
4. “dawn glow of shade” ⇒ “lm tr bk fx”

Step 1: Identify statements containing the code “tr”
The code “tr” appears in three of the given statements:
- Statement 1: “bright glow of dawn” (codes: vx, bk, lm, tr)
- Statement 2: “glow color bright dusk” (codes: tr, vx, qz, ny)
- Statement 4: “dawn glow of shade” (codes: lm, tr, bk, fx)

Step 2: Find the word common to Statements 1, 2, and 4
Now, let us compare the words present across these three statements:
- Words in Statement 1: bright, glow, of, dawn
- Words in Statement 2: glow, color, bright, dusk
- Words in Statement 4: dawn, glow, of, shade

The only word that appears in all three statements (1, 2, and 4) is “glow”.

Step 3: Verification with other codes
- Comparing Statement 1 and Statement 2, both share the words “bright” and “glow”, which correspond to the codes “vx” and “tr”.
- Statement 4 contains the word “glow” but does not contain “bright”. In Statement 4, the code “tr” is present, whereas “vx” is not present.
- This confirms that “vx” stands for “bright” and “tr” stands for “glow”.

Therefore, the word coded as “tr” is Glow.